A species of Indonesian parrot can solve complex mechanical problems that involve undoing a series of locks one after another, revealing new depths to physical intelligence in birds. A team of ...

A group of Goffin’s cockatoos just impressed the hell out of researchers from Oxford after they picked their way through a series of five complex locks to reach a reward. Birds have extraordinary ...

Locks are designed to keep honest people out. (Dishonest people can always break a window.) But that doesn't mean that honest people can't enjoy picking them. I've been an amateur lock picker for four ...